In July, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch reported a record Fiscal 2017 to his board – 3.8 million containers and $373 million in revenues for the period ending June 30.

Six Georgia Ports Authority neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes work the container ship COSCO Development at the Port of Savannah in May. At a capacity of 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, the Development was — at the time — the largest container ship ever to call on the U.S. East Coast. (Georgia Port Authority/Stephen Morton)

The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship ever to call on the East Coast, will begin its transit into the Port of Savannah from the Sea Buoy at 12:30 p.m. Friday, passing City Hall between 2 and 3:30 p.m. and arriving in port at Garden City Terminal between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m.

As the school year opens, so do the learning opportunities for the business community. Among the upcoming offerings: A small business financing forum by UGA Small Business Development Corp.; website globalization and the basics of international business by the World Trade Center Savannah.

As he begins to shape an agenda for the next four years, President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to replace President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act, which has become prohibitively expensive for many.

Georgia Ports Authority and longtime partner Konecranes had lots to celebrate this week. For GPA, it was the completion of the latest phase of converting its fleet of rubber-tired gantry cranes – or RTGs – from diesel to electric power.

The GPA’s rubber-tired gantry crane team and GPA executive director Griff Lynch marked the 1,000th RTG produced by Konecranes and the completion of its electric RTG infrastructure phase. (GPA photo by Stephen Morton)